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A man showing Sian (daughter of Ifor & Joy Thomas) how to blow bubbles with a clay pipe whilst three photographers look on. Two studio lights are being used to light the scene.

Facsimile, [c. 1972], of a manuscript pedigree chart, [1960s], of the family of Phillips of Williamston and Dumpledale, Burton, Pembrokeshire, compiled by Roland Thorne.

Philip Vaughan, Brecon, to Mr Taliesin Williams, Merthyr tidfil. Relating to giving the (?Merthyr) Chair Medal at the (?Brecon) Eisteddfod.

Half-length studio portrait of sailor with the rank of Petty Officer Telegraphist with one good conduct stripe.

Petition (draft) to Parliament submitting the propriety of stating the inefficacy of the Lords' Act (in the autograph of Iorwerth Gwilym).

Petition to Parliament of the Debtors in Cardiff Gaol, Jan. 23, 1787 (in the autograph of Edward Wiliams).

A manuscript copy, [1610x1650], of a petition by the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire seeking to be removed from the jurisdiction of the Council of Wales and the Marches; it formed part of a petition of grievances presented by a deputation of Members of Parliament to King James I at Whitehall on 7 July 1610, during negotiations concerning the Great Contract (f. 17 recto-verso).
It is probable that the original petition is now in Kew, The National Archives SP 14/56/part 2; a number of other manuscript copies are also known (see Proceedings in Parliament 1610, ed. by Elizabeth Read Foster, 2 vols (New Haven and London, 1966), II: The House of Commons, pp. 253-254). The text of the petition is printed in William Petyt, Jus Parliamentarium (London, 1739), pp. 330-331, and Foster, pp. 261-263. In the different sources the number of MPs attending the audience is variously given as twenty, seventeen and twelve (see Foster, p. 254); the preamble to the present manuscript states that the grievances were presented 'by Sir Francis Bacon and Twelve more of the lower house of Parliament' (f. 17).

Petition of William Morgan late of the parish of Lantrissent, co. Glam., now a convict under sentence of death in HM the King's gaol for the said county at Cardiff, to HRH George Prince Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for commutation of punishment to transportation. In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg. ?Accompanying No. 905. Copy.

Petition of the South Wales Unitarian Society, 1813, July 1, as declared at their meeting at Gellionnen, to the Members of the Presbyterian Board, Managers of the Dissenting Academy at Carmarthen, for the appointment of a Unitarian Tutor to a vacancy now existing in the said academy. Copy.

Petition of the unfortunate Debtors in the County Gaol of Glamorgan at Cardiff to the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, for relief. Draft.

Petition of the debtors in Cardiff gaol to John Price, Esq., High Sheriff for co. Glamorgan, that Mr. Morgan, the present keeper of the said gaol, be continued keeper during his shrievalty. On the dorse are various memoranda including a list of 'offences fineable of which the Gaoler has been guilty'. The paper is described as being 'From my Great Pocket Book April 24th. 1790'. ?Draft.

Petition of the Archbishops, Bishops, Priests and Deacons, in convocation assembled, to the King, humbly imploring him to relieve them from the intolerable burden of the Christian religion and that they may be permitted to establish the religion of the Greeks and Romans. (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, ?1799. 'The above was copied from Advice to the Clergy of every Denomination and Degree, &c. London, printed for Baldwin, Paternoster Row, 1786'). Damaged. Fragile.

Petition of the tenants on various parts of the estates of Sir John Aubrey, kt and bart., in co. Glamorgan to the said Sir John Aubrey to make a reduction in their rents in view of the depreciation in the prices of every article of agricultural produce. Draft.

Petition of Richard Lewle of the town of Bridgend, co. Glamorgan, to all humane and charitable ladies and gentlemen of the county of Glamorgan, for donations of money to enable him to recover his lawful property as heir-at-law to a freehold estate in the parish of Abergwily, co. Carmarthen; a letter from E. Williams to Mr Crawshay introducing the bearer, Mr Richard Lewis; and a letter July 8 1820, from Richard Lewis to Jno. Edwards, Esqr. (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg). Draft.

Copy of the petition of [Richard] Herbert to the Lord Deputy and Council that he may be allowed to receive Irish tenants in Kerry and Desmond, as long as they have been inoffensive during the present rebellion, [1655].